If I get a Gmail account, how do I configure the Charter POP3 server to
download my email to MS Outlook and use the Gmail server for sending?
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"N. Miller" wrote:
> On Wed, 2 Apr 2008 05:42:00 -0700, marla wrote:
>
> > "N. Miller" wrote:
>
> >> On Tue, 1 Apr 2008 06:49:00 -0700, marla wrote:
>
> >>> when i'm out of the office using my laptop, I can receive emails via outlook
> >>> but I am unable to send emails via outlook. If I access my email via the
> >>> internet instead of outlook, I can send. I have tried changing my outlook
> >>> settings on the
> >>> outgoing server to "my outgoing server requires authentication" and also "use
> >>> same settings as my incoming mail server" but I'm still having the same
> >>> problem. I can send/receive emails fine using outlook when I'm at home using
> >>> my laptop. Is there another setting that needs to be updated? Do I need to
> >>> change the smtp and how do I know what to change this to if i'm accessing
> >>> remotely? I'm using Outlook 2003.
>
> >> Are you using your "office" SMTP server? Where are you when this fails? You
> >> say you can send from the "office", and when using the laptop from "home". I
> >> seem to be missing something, here. Why not check with your "office" IT
> >> department; see if they can assist you?
>
> > My office is at home and I use my laptop for work using charter internet.
>
> So you are using the Charter SMTP server.
>
> > When i travel with my laptop and access my email via outlook i can only
> > receive and not send.
>
> Most likely, the Charter SMTP message submission server requires that you
> connect from a Charter IP address. Only a few ISPs allow connection to their
> message submission servers from outside of their IP network (AT&T and
> Comcast come to mind).
>
> When I try, I get the following:
>
> | C:\Documents and Settings\Norman>telnet smtp.charter.net 25
> | Connecting To smtp.charter.net...
> | 421 charter.net connection refused from [69.110.149.81]
> |
> |
> | Connection to host lost.
>
> You can either access their web mail through a browser, or you find an
> E-mail service provider which allows you to send through their message
> submission server.
>
> If you get a Gmail account, you can configure Gmail to allow you to use a
> non-Gmail domain for sending. You can then use the Charter POP3 server to
> download your email with MS Outlook, and use the Gmail server for sending.
>
> Here are some headers from just such a send:
>
> | Received: from el-out-1112.google.com ([209.85.162.178]) by bay0-mc5-f22.bay0.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.2668);
> | Wed, 2 Apr 2008 10:57:59 -0700
> | Return-Path: <%User_ID%@gmail.com>
> | Received: from ?192.168.102.34? ( [69.110.149.81])
> | by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id n22sm2416659pof.13.2008.04.02.10.57.54
> | (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER);
> | Wed, 02 Apr 2008 10:57:56 -0700 (PDT)
> | From: %User_ID%@pacbell.net
> | To: %User_ID%@msn.com
>
> This shows email sent from a 'pacbell.net' account to an 'msn.com' account
> through the Gmail SMTP server. You will have to accept that your Gmail email
> address will be seen by your correspondents; but, if the recipient clicks on
> the "Reply" button in her client, the reply will go to the "From:" email
> address (the 'pacbell.net' address in this case, your Charter email address
> if you set it up in a similar fashion).
>
> --
> Norman
> ~Oh Lord, why have you come
> ~To Konnyu, with the Lion and the Drum
>
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